Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

I went to a Christian School, and when I reached a certain age, I wasn't allowed to wear pants to school anymore. There was a big conference about it with my parents about how unladylike it was for me to wear pants ,this was a school where the principal and once of the coaches stood at the front door with a wooden ruler to make sure girls' skirts were an inch below their knee. So, from that day forward, I had to wear skirts, which meant that I couldn't play on the playground like I used to. I really feel like I could've been the next Serena Williams if not for that.